Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Saturday October 12 2019, @01:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-some-values-of-phenomenal dept.

We Played Modern Games on a CRT Monitor - and the Results are Phenomenal :

It's true. Running modern games on a vintage CRT monitor produces absolutely outstanding results - subjectively superior to anything from the LCD era, up to and including the latest OLED displays. Best suited for PC players, getting an optimal CRT set-up isn't easy, and prices vary dramatically, but the results can be simply phenomenal.

The advantages of CRT technology over modern flat panels are well-documented. CRTs do not operate from a fixed pixel grid in the way an LCD does - instead three 'guns' beam light directly onto the tube. So there's no upscaling blur and no need to run at any specific native resolution as such. On lower resolutions, you may notice 'scan lines' more readily, but the fact is that even lower resolution game outputs like 1024x768 or 1280x960 can look wonderful. Of course, higher-end CRTs can input and process higher resolutions, but the main takeaway here is that liberation from a set native resolution is a gamechanger - why spend so many GPU resources on the amount of pixels drawn when you can concentrate on quality instead without having to worry about upscale blurring?

Are there any Soylentils here who still use a CRT for gaming? If I could just find a CRT with a 65-inch diagonal, and a table that could support the weight...


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by toddestan on Saturday October 12 2019, @04:39PM (1 child)

    by toddestan (4982) on Saturday October 12 2019, @04:39PM (#906372)

    I'm guessing the most common successor technology for LCDs with be OLEDs. OLEDs are already present in some higher end smartphones, and there's a handful of OLED desktop displays on the market now. Eventually they should become more common and cheaper as the technology matures further and production ramps up. It will be interesting to see how they are marketed, as I've always considered the move by marketers to call LED-backlit LCDs as "LED monitors" a move meant to intentionally confuse people.

    For very large screens and projectors I could see the short throw lasers becoming an attractive option. But I just don't see it being used for the 24"-ish screen I'm going to have on my office PC.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2  
  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 12 2019, @04:53PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday October 12 2019, @04:53PM (#906379) Journal

    OLED burn-in is too stupid. I consider it DOA. OLED could be used for flexible displays, but MicroLED [wikipedia.org] makes more sense as a direct successor to LCD.

    Laser projector as a successor to CRT could make sense since they are both beaming photons. Not everyone would want to move from LCD to a laser projector, but it offers some interesting advantages. Short throw makes it more convenient to work with, and it could occupy the position where a TV was.

    --
    [SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]